Event Detail

Monday, March 3, 2014

Changing Geopolitical World Energy Landscape: Challenges to Oil and Gas Producers, Focusing on the Gulf Cooperation Council

POSITIVE RSVP ONLINE ONLY:http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/events/shihabeldin.html
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a
Director's Lunch with Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director
General of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of
Sciences, in the Belfer Center Library (L369).
Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin is the Director General of the Kuwait
Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and former acting
Secretary General and Director of Research for the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna.
He has served in previous positions as Director of the Technical
Cooperation Department of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) in Vienna, Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for
Science and Technology in Cairo, Director General of the Kuwait
Institute for Scientific Research, and Vice Rector of Kuwait
University. Dr. Shihab-Eldin serves as Board Member and
advisor to many national and international institutions and
corporations.
Dr. Shihab-Eldin received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering and a Master of Science and PhD in nuclear engineering
from the University of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Shihab-Eldin has published extensively and is invited regularly
to speak at many international and regional meetings on topics
including: energy policy, economics, technology and the
environment, oil markets, nuclear power, and management and
development of science and technology in developing
countries. As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be
accepted on a first come, first served basis. Belfer Center Lunches
are strictly off-the-record. By requesting to attend the lunch, you
agree that you will comply with the Belfer Center's strict policy
against recording or disclosing the contents of the lunch. Your
access is conditioned on your compliance with these restrictions.
Should you violate these rules, the Center will pursue all
available legal options and you will be excluded from all future
events.